Seminole County is home to several black bears, he said. As of noon, the bear was still asleep in the tree. Wildlife ...

The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency ... Eventually, his tracker cornered a bear and tied it to a tree, but Roosevelt wasn’t having it: He considered attacking the defenseless bear ...

Teddy bears are now an internationally beloved children ... cornering a 235-pound black bear and tying it to a willow tree. They summoned the president and encouraged him to shoot it.

Louisiana's fabled black bear became part of American culture in 1902 after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot one that had been trapped and tied to a tree by members of his hunting party.